Research On The Design Of Daily Lacquer Ware In Chu State

The design of lacquer ware for daily use in Chu is the most important utensil in the real life of the Chu people,it not only represents the daily use of the Chu people,but also shows the spirit of creation of the Chu people and the exploration of the infinite possibilities of the lacquer ware design by the early craftsmen,and comprehensively reflects the uniqueness of historical knowledge,folk customs,social life,and cultural traditions in the Chu area.As the first peak in the development history of Chinese lacquer ware,the design of daily lacquer ware in Chu has a deep going influence on the basic trend of Chinese lacquer ware design,which undoubtedly has played an extremely important position in Chinese traditional culture.The design study of the lacquer ware of Chu is not only a concrete embodiment of the expansion and deepening of the research content in Chu lacquer design history,but also a theory needs for the development of contemporary lacquer ware design.It does good to positively correct the development of Chu lacquer design with the phenomena of fuzzy regional characteristics and ethnic culture.The development of Chu lacquer design is also of benefit to restore the lively relationship between traditional creation and contemporary life.This passage,based on the primary social situation of Chu and the knowledge of design studies,archaeology,cultural anthropology,mathematics and other disciplines,through research methods of qualitative research taken as the principal thing,qualitative and quantitative research combined,and starting from the bottom-up level of human needs,and taking the four important attributes of design-"practicability","applicability","aesthetics" and "ethics" as the hierarchical context,progresses the research on the design of lacquer ware for daily use in Chu step by step in order to explore the mutual relationship between the cultural phenomena created by the ancestors of Chu and them.There it can establish a comprehensive figure of daily lacquer ware design of Chu,and reveal the performance,existence and significance of daily lacquer ware design of Chu in the dynamic historical process,and then provide a practical model and theoretical reference for reviving lacquer ware of Chu and develop contemporary lacquer ware design for daily use.The design of the daily lacquer ware of Chu is a classic creation that emerges from the powerful torrent of history,which cannot be separated from the natural and social environment of a specific period.The natural geography,cultural tradition,economic form and political environment of Chu society all have a long experience of interaction with daily lacquer ware design.All kinds of external conditions are interdependent and mutually reinforced,which has a deep and significant impact on the birth and development of daily lacquer ware design in Chu.As living equipment in everyday life of Chu people,lacquer ware for daily use had a wide scale of social acceptance at that time,with a large number and a wide variety of types.Among them,there are common daily lacquer ware of high affinity and popularly used,as well as luxury and delicacy daily lacquer ware which is provided for the noble class,various strains cover all aspects of clothing,food,housing and transportation of Chu people.Its structure is concise and its merits are superior,fully satisfying the daily demands of people of all classes and identities.The morphological shaping of daily lacquer ware in Chu is influenced by the life style and customs of Chu people sitting on the ground to a considerable degree.Its material and workmanship are suitable,and the load and mode of stress are reasonable.Its human-machine adaptation has well dealt with the adapting relationship between utensil scale and body scale,solved the use satisfaction that varies with each individual gradually,and presented the development tendency of taking applicability principle as the leading principle.Practicality and aesthetics have reached a high degree of unity in the daily lacquer ware of Chu.From its abundant aesthetic expression,we can see the richness of the spirit of Chu people.On the one hand,daily lacquer ware shows the aesthetic characteristics of romance and freedom,expressing Chu people's understanding and cognition of life;on the other hand,daily lacquer ware presents the characteristics of nature and kindness,expressing Chu people's love for social life and desire for a happy life.During the long-term process of development,the lacquer ware of Chu has formed a collective aesthetic consensus with unique features of Chu.Between the whole and parts,the parts and parts of the form,there is a certain proportion or series relationship,and thus a stylized and measurable of beauty is formed,with the intension of the beauty of "number".The daily lacquer ware of Chu is expressed by means of text presentation,color regulation,artistic symbols,and shaping ethical situation,display the rich ethical themes of "virtue and kindness",such as "freedom","filial piety","justice" and "ecology" in the form of beauty,and then participates in the social system in a unconscious and subtle way,affecting the Chu people's sense of morality,responsibility and judgment of good and evil.It better regulates and handles the complex relationships between people and people and reflects the Chu people's pursuit of the goodness of utensils as well as highlights spiritual world of noble,unsullied and profound of the Chu.In summary,the design of daily lacquer ware in Chu State is the utensil design based on of its own traditional culture in the local environment.It is dominated by rationality and expresses Chu people's super-rational understanding of universe and life by means of decorative art.The creative wisdom of daily lacquerware design in Chu State is embodied in "USE" —— "BEAUTY" —— "GOODNESS".It not only fully meets the material,spiritual,ethical and moral needs of Chu people,but also conveys the "attain practical use" of inherent essence of design,the "the most beautiful" of aesthetic pursuit and "the most good" of design character,which resides in everyday life and surpasses everyday life,and it not only plays a great role in daily life of Chu people,but also helped Chu country to improved material civilization and spiritual culture.